Sydney Dance Company July School Holidays 29th June or 6th July __ 1 Day Intensive $80 Yoga/Pilates Ballet Class Contemporary Repertoire For ages 14—18 An introduction from Linda Gamblin Course Director, Pre-Professional Year Sydney Dance Company’s one-day intensive for senior dance students will give you a great insight into how we spend our days in the full-time Pre-Professional Year Course giving you food for thought as you continue to explore the wonderful world of dance. Meticulous training in classical and contemporary technique, including intense pilates and yoga practice is the best foundation for developing as a dancer. In this one day intensive you will learn Sydney Dance Company repertoire choreographed by Rafael Bonachela along with exploring improvisation skills and task work, which extends the dancer to become the artist. Timetable _________________________________________________________________________ Ages 14 to 18 Intermediate Monday 29 June 9.30am – 10.00am Registration 10.00am-11.15am Yoga / Pilates with Jolie Brook 11.15am-11.30am Recess 11.30am – 12.45pm Ballet Class with Linda Gamblin 12.45pm-1.30pm Lunch 1.30pm – 4.30pm Contemporary Workshop with Thomas Bradley Includes Technique, Task Work, Improvisation & Sydney Dance Company Repertoire (2 One Another) _________________________________________________________________________ Ages 14 to 18 Intermediate Monday 6 July 9.30am – 10.00am Registration 10.00am-11.15am Yoga / Pilates with Jolie Brook 11.15am-11.30am Recess 11.30am – 12.45pm Ballet Class with Paul Knobloch 12.45pm-1.30pm Lunch 1.30pm – 4.30pm Contemporary Workshop with Thomas Bradley Includes Technique, Task Work, Improvisation & Sydney Dance Company Repertoire (2 One Another) __________________________________________________________________________ Faculty _________________________________________________ _______________________________________ Linda Gamblin - Ballet Thomas Bradley - Contemporary Linda Gamblin has enjoyed a prestigious classical dance Thomas originally comes from Cootamundra, regional career. She commenced her training in Queensland at the NSW, where he received his early dance training in Jazz Queensland Dance School of excellence and later accepted a and Ballet. Thomas’ later training was at the VCA position with The Royal Ballet School in London. Linda then Secondary School (2008) on a full scholarship, and the NZ worked with the National Ballet of Portugal as a Soloist and School of Dance (2009-2011). While at VCASS he guest artist. She returned to Australia to perform with the performed with the Melbourne Ballet Company, Altona Australian Ballet, where she worked through the ranks to the City Theatre production of CATS (7 month period) and position of Leading Soloist in 1993. Linda danced a variety of placed third at the Australian Choreographic Competition. principal roles at The Australian Ballet including Juliet in In 2010 Thomas took his solo Manipulated Living to Romeo and Juliet, Lise in La Fille Mal Gardee and Swanilda in Tempo, New Zealand Festival of Dance where he was Coppelia. She travelled extensively with the company nominated for ‘Best Choreography by an emerging Artist’, throughout Australia and on tours to the United Kingdom, ‘Most Inspiring Performance’ and won ‘Best Performance various parts of europe, Asia, Russia and the United States. by an emerging Male Artist’. Thomas also featured as a Linda then went on to dance with The Royal Ballet, soloist in the 2010 NZSD Graduation Season performing an performing in works such as Swan Lake, Nutcracker, Sleeping excerpt of Michael Parmenter’s Rhapsodysolo. Thomas Beauty, Manon and Cinderella. Linda joined Sydney Dance returned to Tempo in 2011 with a new solo Seam, and an Company in 1996 and made her debut in Graeme Murphy’s excerpt of his piece Shepherd, from NZSD Choreographic Berlin. Following this she danced in The Protecting Veil, Free Season. In his final year at the NZSD, Thomas spent a short Radicals and Tivoli. She danced the lead role of Beauty in period with Australian Dance Theatre (Adelaide) Beauty and the Beast. performing excerpts of Be Your Self. Thomas joined Sydney Dance Company in 2012 as the Linda is a passionate dance educator and has a keen interest recipient of the Sydney Dance Company Foxtel in understanding the workings of the body. She attained her Scholarship. Thomas performed in the world premiere of Level 3 Diploma in Anatomy and Physiology Rafael Bonachela’s 2 One Another(2012-2014); whilst teaching Pilates, and has continued to develop her Larissa McGowan’s Fanatics part of Contemporary Women education on the muscular and skeletal systems and (2012); Project Rameau(2012-2013); De Novo (2013), biomechanics. This knowledge has become an integral part featuring works by Rafael Bonachela (emergence), Larissa of her teaching practice. Linda is excited to collaborate with McGowan (Fanatic) and Alexander ekman (Cacti), Les students through the Pre-Professional Year and Illuminations(2013-2014); and the acclaimed season educate, challenge and inspire them through the exploration Interplay(2014) featuring choreography by Rafael of what dance practice is as well as what it can be. Linda is Bonachela (2 in D Minor), Jacopo Godani (Raw Models) passionate about embracing a dancers’ individuality and and Gideon Obarzanek (L’Chaim!). uniqueness and working with them to reach their ultimate He also toured North America, South America and Russia potential. with the acclaimed 2 One Another, winner of the ‘Best Ensemble’ Award in the 2012 Green Room Awards and the 2013 Australian Dance Award for ‘Outstanding Achievement in Choreography’ and ‘Outstanding Performance by a Company’. __________________________________________________ _______________________________________________ Faculty ________________________________________ ________________________________________________ Paul Knobloch – Ballet Jolie Brook – Yoga Born in Canberra, Paul began his dance training at the Jolie formally trained as a dancer at the Centre for the Canberra Dance Development Centre and completed his Performing Arts, Adelaide. She has performed with training at The Australian Ballet School in 1997. contemporary dance companies Darc Swan Dance Co, One Paul joined the West Australian Ballet in 1997, accepted a Extra Dance Co, Opera Australia, The Queensland Opera, position with the english National Ballet in 1998, and New Zealand Opera and various freelance projects. To this returned home to his native Australia in 2002, to join The day (since the year 2000) she continues to perform & has Australian Ballet. In 2001 Paul was named Most traveled extensively both Nationally & Internationally with Outstanding Dancer and in 2002 Dancer to Watch by the the image based theatre company SMK 1. Dance Australia Critics Choice. Jolie completed her formal Yoga teacher training at Nature With The Australian Ballet, he danced many iconic roles in Care College (Advanced Diploma) alongside 23 years of ballets history including: the Prince The Nutcracker - ongoing committed practice with yoga teachers both here Prince Florimund The Sleeping Beauty - Le Corsaire Pas de & abroad. She has studied many forms of Hatha yoga Deux the Poet Les Sylphide - Espada Don Quixote - Solor (incorporating Asana, Pranayama & Meditation) in La Bayadare - Blackmoore Petrouchka and Koschie The particular Ashtanga, Anusara, Iyengar & Yoga Synergy Firebird. styles. In 2004 he was presented with a scholarship by The As a teacher, Jolie is always in awe that such an ancient Australian Ballet to work alongside American Ballet practice such as yoga can still be so relevant in today’s Theatre, New York City Ballet, San Francisco Ballet and times and respect this lineage. She aims to teach from a Pacific Northwest Ballet. In 2007 Paul appeared as a guest place of authenticity making students feel comfortable in artist with The Dancers Company performing across their quest for a stronger body, looser limbs, a fuller Australia in The Sleeping Beauty and Les Sylphide. In 2009 breath and a quieter mind. he accepted the invitation of Artistic Director Gil Roman to join the renowned Béjart Ballet Lausanne in Switzerland. During Paul’s career he has worked with choreographers including Stanton Welch, Meryl Tankard, Graeme Murphy, Alonzo King, Stephen Page, Barry Moreland, Stephen Baynes, Timothy Farrar, Adrian Burnett, Nicolo Fonte, Edmund Stripe, Natalie Weir and Sthan Kabar Louet. Paul joined Sydney Dance Company in 2014 for the 2 One Another tour to Western Australia, Queensland and central western New South Wales. Paul was also part of Sydney Dance Company’s Louder Than Words season at Sydney Theatre, featuring works by Rafael Bonachela and Andonis Foniadakis. _______________________________________________ ________________________________________________ Information Contact Us Studio Location — — Ramon Doringo The home of Sydney Dance Company: Director, Dance Studios Pier 4, 15 Hickson Road, The Rocks NSW 2000 Tammy Wheeler Join the Conversation Administration and enquiries — Phone: 02 97 4818 #SDCStudios @SydneyDanceCo [email protected] facebook.com/sydneydancecompanystudios _________________________________________________________________________________________ Age Groups and Levels Class Behaviour Please book in according to your age group. All groups are for It is important students are respectful towards teachers and experienced dancers. comply with any requests made by the teacher, as the well- being of the entire class is the teachers’ responsibility.